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News in Brief: Oscars winners, PlayStation’s best year yet, and a look at the future of film

This week, Chloé Zhao becomes the first WOC to be awarded the best director Academy Award, NZ games awards announced, Andy Trieu reviews the first-ever Asian-Australian romcom, and more.

30 Apr 2021 12:00

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Jini Maxwell

Jini Maxwell is a curator at ACMI, and an award-winning videogame journalist. They curated ‘Honk: Untitled Goose Exhibition,’ co-curate Gay24, a monthly film night showcasing rare, radical and archival queer films. Jini is currently co-curating a major videogame exhibition at ACMI.

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